OET interlinear PRO 4:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

עֵ֭ינֶי⁠ךָ לְ⁠נֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפֶּ֗י⁠ךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽ⁠ךָ

eyes_of,your to,ahead look and,gaze_of,your straight before,you

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Cause your eyes to gaze to the front, yes, cause your eyelids to be straight in front of you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

עֵ֭ינֶי⁠ךָ לְ⁠נֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפֶּ֗י⁠ךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽ⁠ךָ

eyes_of,your to,ahead look and,gaze_of,your straight before,you

In this verse, eyes and eyelids represent the person who is looking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Cause yourself to gaze to the front, and cause yourself to look straight in front of you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֵ֭ינֶי⁠ךָ לְ⁠נֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝⁠עַפְעַפֶּ֗י⁠ךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽ⁠ךָ

eyes_of,your to,ahead look and,gaze_of,your straight before,you

In these two clauses, Solomon speaks of committing oneself to behaving wisely and righteously as if those qualities were always in front of the person, and perverse or devious behavior is to the right or left. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Keep your attention on doing what is right, and keep looking straight ahead to doing what is good”